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Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. A close look at hospital data from Canada has shown that patients can expect better outcomes if their doctor was a woman, both in terms of surviving and the chances of

being quickly readmitted. The question is why that might be the case.

And scientists love researching how elephants communicate.

Now there's a new incredible finding that the creatures seem to refer to each other by a particular set of frequencies,

suggesting they may actually have names. But first. of a leader is based on who you lift up.

That's what we see as strength.

We know what strength looks like.

This weekend, Vice President Camler Harris was in Pennsylvania warming up her vocal

chords and her attacks on Donald Trump.

Anybody who's about beating down other people is a coward.

Since Joe Biden stepped down as the Democratic nominee a month ago,

Harris has been riding a wave of renewed enthusiasm.

Today, the Democratic National Convention begins in Chicago and will end with Harris's coronation as the party's official candidate.

The euphoria has seemingly won over a lot of American voters too, but polls suggest the race is far from over.

The Democrats now gathered in Chicago for their convention are really in a very

upbeat, imbalant, almost euphoric mood.

Daniel Franklin is a senior editor at The Economist.

Because the race has been completely transformed

in just a few weeks from when Joe Biden was their candidate and now they

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